Last week, while shilling my books, I had a discussion with a woman who didn't get that I wrote DEAD IN RED. Mind you, I had a sign around my neck that said L.L. Bartlett--AUTHOR, but the book has plastered across it "A Jeff Resnick Mystery." Somehow she couldn't grasp the concept that Jeff Resnick, a fictional character, hadn't written the book, nor why my name was on the cover, too.
*Sigh*
Fast forward. Yesterday I had to send the cover to a reader list. Yup, it's pretty. And I was admiring it and . . . hey, wait a minute. It doesn't say "A Jeff Resnick Mystery" splashed across the front. But . . . didn't I just see a copy that DID say "A Jeff Resnick Mystery?"
So I grabbed a copy off my bookshelf. Yup -- it does. But none of the artwork my publisher provided me (and Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and anywhere else online) is there a copy of the "final" artwork with the Jeff Resnick "brand" on the front.
And why did it take me six months to notice that?
Yup. WEIRD. (Maybe I should scan the cover, eh?)
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